Child and Family Counsellor - Specialised Family Violence Services

Relationships Australia SA•Elizabeth, NJ

1d•$93,669

About The Position

The Child and Family Counsellor provides therapeutic counselling and family support to strengthen the safety, wellbeing and healthy development of children and young people, particularly in families affected by family and domestic violence. The role works with children and young people aged 0–17, parents, carers and whole families facing complex relationship, parenting and social challenges. The role delivers child-centred, trauma-informed and developmentally responsive counselling, therapeutic groupwork and psycho-educational interventions in on-site, telehealth and outreach settings. It includes supporting people affected by family violence and engaging people who use violence in relationships to change, including coordinating and facilitating face-to-face and online men’s behaviour change groups. The counsellor undertakes screening, assessment and ongoing analysis of safety, wellbeing and risk, develops and reviews evidence-informed case formulations and intervention plans, and provides specialist therapeutic responses to issues affecting child safety, development and family functioning. The position is with Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA), a not-for-profit, secular community organisation.

Requirements

Tertiary qualification at AQF level 7 in social work, psychology, counselling or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience working therapeutically with children, young people, parents, carers and families.
Demonstrated experience providing counselling to people affected by family and domestic violence, including children and people using violence in relationships.
Experience in holistic screening, risk assessment, case formulation and counselling interventions for children, young people and families experiencing complex needs and risks.
Experience using child-focused and child-inclusive approaches.
Ability to build effective collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Strong understanding of the impacts of adverse childhood experiences, trauma, and family and domestic violence.
Commitment to reflective practice and ongoing development of clinical work.

Nice To Haves

Postgraduate qualification at AQF level 9 in social work, psychology, counselling or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience facilitating therapeutic groups with children, young people, parents and carers, including family and domestic violence behaviour change, parenting skills, and social and emotional skills.
Demonstrated experience working with stakeholders around a child, such as schools.

Responsibilities

Deliver child-centred, trauma-informed and developmentally responsive counselling, therapeutic groupwork and psycho-educational interventions for children and young people aged 0–17, parents, carers and families experiencing relationship, parenting and complex psychosocial challenges.
Provide services across on-site, telehealth and outreach settings.
Assist adults, children and young people affected by family violence and engage people who use violent behaviours in relationships to change.
Coordinate and facilitate face-to-face and online men’s behaviour change groupwork, creating a psycho-educational and therapeutic learning environment to reduce family and domestic violence behaviour and risk to others.
Strengthen children’s safety, wellbeing and developmental outcomes by promoting secure family relationships, enhancing parenting capacity, and supporting resilience and sustained positive change.
Undertake universal holistic screening, comprehensive assessment and ongoing analysis of safety, wellbeing and risk, including using the Detection of Overall Risk Screen (DOORS) with adults and children.
Develop, implement, monitor and review evidence-informed case formulations, intervention plans and therapeutic goals.
Maintain accurate documentation, conduct timely reviews, support appropriate case closure and make effective referrals where required.
Provide specialist therapeutic responses to family and domestic violence, childhood trauma, abuse, mental health concerns, substance misuse, problem gambling and other issues affecting child safety, development and family functioning.